Gravedougger

I decided to listen to this album for the first time in a couple of years at work and I forgot how much it slaps! It really is such a summery feel-good album and one of my favourites. My ranking: 01: Get Outta My Way 02: All the Lovers 03: Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) 04: Too Much 05: Closer 06: Better than Today 07: Illusion 08: Cupid Boy 09: Everything Is Beautiful 10: Can't Beat the Feeling 11: Looking for an Angel 12: Aphrodite The top 5 are all 10/10s - it annoys me how little Put Your Hands Up did here but I suppose the singles later on in her album campaigns don’t do so well at all, still they could have at least given it some promo or released it before/instead of Better Than Today. I was never sold on the title track and it sticks out as a clear dud, but the rest are good at least.

For real this top 5 is incredibly strong, may actually the best across the board in any season! All of the deadwood actually got eliminated which never normally happens! It couldn't have gone any better. Like Liam I really can't choose but I'd love to see Ellie smash this challenge and the next couple and take it because even take her age out of the equation and she's lovely, hard-working, really has an eye for detail and unique ideas with her looks and proven that she can be funny and entertaining, not to mention with how much she has been slept on I think she deserves it so much.

That’s what I’ll be aiming for once Illicit Affairs makes its way out. I for one think the results are going very well so far! Watch my faves drop after this round :lol:

I am 100% here for this especially if one of the songs samples the Dark Cave/Ice Path music - that is a bop right there.

Mark my words - Brody will not be in this show at the end of the year, he screams “character that has been around but ran his course, is a bit of a drip and being killed off would contribute to a big storyline”. I don’t want Sienna with either of them really as he is such a wet wipe but being back with Warren would just end up in disaster again. After that episode though I can say I stan Summer SO hard oops.

There’s no way she’ll be dead. I read that she has a storyline coming up but can’t remember where, plus this is just a plot to make Summer have a bit more depth. Speaking of the latter, as messed up as she is and despite how much I love Sienna I kind of stan how much of a mess she is. On another note it’s been a few weeks since that Dean was last on and is it bad I just want to see him return because his “acting” was hysterical? :lol:

09 // the 1 09 // cardigan 07 // the last great american dynasty 08 // exile (feat. Bon Iver) 10 // my tears ricochet 09 // mirrorball 08 // seven 10 // august 06 // this is me trying 06 // illicit affairs 07 // invisible string 07 // mad woman 06 // epiphany 02 // betty 05 // peace 05 // hoax 06 // the lakes 10 // willow 09 // champagne problems 09 // gold rush 05 // tis' the damn season 07 // tolerate it 10 // no body, no crime (ft. HAIM) 07 // happiness 08 // dorothea 06 // coney island (ft. The National) 06 // ivy 06 // cowboy like me 08 // long story short 08 // marjorie 08 // closure 08 // evermore (ft. Bon Iver) 09 // right where you left me 06 // it's time to go

I choose Illicit Affairs but Epiphany was the other one I was torn between going with so won’t be sad to see that go either.

01: Gigi Goode 02: Jaida Essence Hall 03: Heidi N' Closet 04: Crystal Methyd 05: Jan 06: Rock M. Sakura 07: Jackie Cox 08: Nicky Doll 09: Widow Von Du 10: Aiden Zhane 11: Dahlia Sin 12: Brita

Please tell me how Thom! I tried to find out how to vote and failed :( Edit: dm I found out how!! Casted my votes

I’d say she wasn’t as good as she was last week but when you compare her dance to Sonny’s which had SO much off for what the dance was supposed to be as opposed to Leshurr who’s dance fit the brief, her score seemed somewhat fair but his was far too high.

Did anyone else think that Sonny Jay was actually the WORST tonight? His judges challenge was executed fine but he was slow, not matching the energy of the song, didn’t have an awful lot of chemistry with his partner or include much characterisation? It seems that now Joe is out and the women outweigh the men they’re hyping him up as the favourite out of nowhere as the “upbeat young lad” vote. Faye and Leshurr deserved better for what they gave. So glad the latter survived though - yes Amy was good and it’s a joke that Jason outlasts her but in that situation Leshurr has so much more to give.

This is such a tune, deserves a lot better than what it's getting as it feels far more stompy than Lonely on her end and most of the tracks he's had too.

01: Shuga Cain 02: Nina West 03: Scarlet Envy 04: Yvie Oddly 05: Brooke Lynn Hytes 06: Mercedes Iman Diamond 07: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo 08: Plastique Tiara 09: A'Keria C. Davenport 10: Ariel Versace 11: Honey Davenport 12: Kahanna Montrese 13: Silky Nutmeg Ganache 14: Ra'Jah O'Hara 15: Soju Not the most interesting of series but I love Shuga so much and she deserved a lot better than what she got in general.

01: Aquaria 02: Miz Cracker 03: Mayhem Miller 04: Blair St. Clair 05: Asia O'Hara 06: Monique Heart 07: Kameron Michaels (08: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo) 09: Monet X Change 10: Dusty Ray Bottoms 11: Yuhua Hamasaki 12: Eureka 13: Kalorie Karbdashian Williams 14: The Vixen

The Lakes now although Illicit Affairs would be my next choice so if that goes then no biggie.

I agree that Bimini should have had that solo win for the amount of energy in that performance. A’Whora had the better runway out of the group and also gave a lot as did Tayce but it did seem like another reason to be like “go on Lawrence you have another one x”. The group was definitely better on the whole than the other group though - you could just tell from the recording sessions who things were not going to go as they seem. I get why they wanted someone to take Veronica’s place but Joe was not going to be the right choice in terms of competition - her drag was just not right for the show even if she is obviously good at what she does. It should have been Asttina for sure. Oh well. Out of her group though I’m glad Ellie was safe as her runway definitely deserved it, even if in the performance she held back a bit but I put that down to her wanting to go further with the choreo and the others being like “well we’re old we’re not doing that”. Sister gave a fair amount but her runway was outclassed by A’whora’s, not to mention her attitude is starting to show a hell of a lot of cracks. Tia’s runway though... good god hun.

01: Shea Coulee 02: Peppermint 03: Sasha Velour 04: Aja 05: Cynthia Lee Fontaine 06: Trinity Taylor 07: Valentina 08: Nina Bo'nina Brown (09: Eureka) 10: Farrah Moan 11: Jaymes Mansfield 12: Alexis Michelle 13: Charlie Hides 14: Kimora Blac Sorry not sorry for Cynthia's placing - I thought she was hilarious.

01: Thorgy Thor 02: Kim Chi 03: Bob The Drag Queen 04: Chi Chi DeVayne 05: (Cynthia Lee Fontaine) 06: Dax Exclamation Point 07: Robbie Turner 08: Laila McQueen 09: Acid Betty 10: Naysha Lopez 11: Naomi Smalls 12: Derrick Barry This season was only minorly better than 7, it was a shambles. Thorgy deserved a lot better on both seasons she appeared in, and the bottom two act so far above their station.

Last week: 01: Utica Queen [03-02-01-01] 02: Rosé [02-01-03-02] 03: Symone [05-05-02-03] 04: Olivia Lux [04-03-07-04] 05: Denali [07-04-05-05] 06: Gottmik [08-08-08-06] 07: Kandy Muse [01-06-04-07] 08: Tamisha Iman [10-07-06-08] 09: Elliott with 2 Ts [06-10-09-09] 10: Tina Burner [08-12-12-10] 11: Lala Ri [12-09-11-11] (12: Joey Jay [11-11-10-12(X)]) This week: 01: Denali [07-04-05-05-01] 02: Utica Queen [03-02-01-01-02] 03: Olivia Lux [04-03-07-04-03] 04: Rosé [02-01-03-02-04] 05: Symone [05-05-02-03-05] 06: Gottmik [08-08-08-06-06] 07: Lala Ri [12-09-11-11-07] 08: Kandy Muse [01-06-04-07-08] 09: Tina Burner [08-12-12-10-09] (10: Tamisha Iman [10-07-06-08-10(X)]) 11: Elliott with 2 Ts [06-10-09-09-11] I'm happy Olivia won this week but Denali was robbed - imo the best runway this week and her performance is great, too good to be just safe and she's really showing great consistency, I'm classing her as one of my faves now! Utica's critiques made little sense to me either, she put her own stamp on the performance and it was entertaining to me, and the runway was sick! Yes it had to be explained, but when it did it was excellent! Art generally does need explaining to make sense so who cares?

Hoax can go now.

I’m definitely expecting a step up for Ellie and Tayce and consistency for Bimini now that she’s found her rhythm. The former in particular has a lot to give despite not a lot of coverage, but then again when you’re not the bitchiest person it’s easy to see why as there’s a lot of bitchy energy in that studio. She just needs to find her comedic side a bit more like Blu did last season and she’ll be fully set as her runways are stunning and there is a performer in there. I understand that Lawrence is one-note and has her moments where she’s mean for the sake of it which is why she isn’t a favourite of mine, but I’m not quite tired of her humour just yet as it’s not failed to give me a laugh, although I can see it happening. She needs to find a range. I also don’t think her runways are as great as the judges are making out - A’Whora did improve and deserve to win that bit more than her I think. Also, I thought Bimini’s hair was meant to be a bit trashy on purpose so what was that critique from Michelle? It made the monster runway look more monsterish. Tia I just can’t warm to at all, not just because the outstanding talent doesn’t seem to be there but because I’ve seen her as a host at a pub quiz in Clapham she co-hosts with Sum Ting Wong and what you see there is not what you see on camera. She is rude and just looks you up and down as if she just wants everyone gone. What you’d expect from A’Whora really.

01: Bimini Bon Boulash [09-03-02-01] 02: Ellie Diamond [01-02-01-02] 03: Lawrence Chaney [03-09-05-03] 04: Tayce [02-01-03-04] 05: A'whora [08-11-10-05] 06: Veronica Green [12-06-06-06] (07: Ginny Lemon [04-05-08-07(X)]) 08: Sister Sister [07-07-07-08] 09: Tia Kofi [10-10-09-09]

I don’t think I’ve cheered as loud as I did when Leshurr was saved in a while. Without her slips she could have neared the top of the leaderboard, she just has so much charm and put on a great, entertaining performance and I am obsessed with her. Joe and Faye also did really well too. I would have had Jason in the skate-off with Rebekah but I’ve accepted that he’s not going to go anywhere for a while because of the show’s demographic, but Graham was weak and overscored tonight. Saying that though I just can’t abide Rebekah at all, her skating is good but not as good as the judges are scoring her and there is not a lot to warm to. She won’t last much longer I’d imagine.